The role of peers, siblings and social media for children’s healthy eating socialization: a mixed methods study

Ragelienė, Tija; Grønhøj, Alice

doi:10.1016/j.foodqual.2021.104255

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“…This finding concurs with previous studies [38,87,88]. Research conducted in Denmark indicates that social media has a significant impact on decisions about healthy eating among young consumers [89]. Findings in this work (RQ2) reach a similar conclusion.…”

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Comparison of the Purchasing Behaviour of Polish and United Kingdom Consumers in the Organic Food Market during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Wojciechowska-Solis

Kowalska

Bieniek

et al. 2022

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The main objective of the study was to compare young consumer purchasing behaviour towards organic food in Poland (PL) and the United Kingdom (UK), countries with different levels of organic market maturity. The study was conducted by means of an online survey questionnaire during the COVID-19 pandemic between December 2020 and February 2021. The sample consisted of 862 PL and 161 UK consumers. 31% of PL respondents and 58.4% of UK respondents indicated they purchase organic products. Descriptive statistics, the Mann–Whitney U test and the two proportion Z test were used for statistical analyses. The results indicate that young consumers pay particular attention to the freshness and quality of consumed products. Concern for their own health and that of their loved ones, as well as the desire to eat better-quality products were the main motivations for the respondents to purchase organic products. Organic vegetables and fruits, eggs, dairy products, and meat and meat products, were among the most frequently purchased products in the studied cohorts. Experts (e.g., a dietitian, physician) were declared to be the first source of information concerning food products for young consumers. Next, family members were indicated. Social media content (PL respondents) and information from websites managed by institutions (UK respondents) were mentioned as the third source. UK consumers preferred short supply chains. The present study can be used by government bodies and companies to select the most effective communication channels for education and advertising and to develop effective commercial strategies aimed at young consumers.

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Comparison of the Purchasing Behaviour of Polish and United Kingdom Consumers in the Organic Food Market during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Wojciechowska-Solis

Kowalska

Bieniek

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“…Participating emerging adults stated that they come into contact with food media messages through their peers. This finding is in accordance with former research among children and adolescents, that found that they share food media messages and experiences with their peers (Ngqangashe et al, 2021;Ragelienė and Grønhøj, 2021). Peers play an important role in the developmental life stage of emerging adulthood, as emerging adults are sensitive to peer influences and pressure (Gardner and Steinberg, 2005).…”

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confidence: 92%

Emerging adults’ food media experiences: Preferences, opportunities, and barriers for food literacy promotion

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This study aims to understand how and why emerging adults come into contact with food media messages, and what they perceive as positive and negative outcomes related to food literacy. Seven focus groups, stratified by gender and socio-economic status, with 37 emerging adults aged between 18 and 25 were conducted. Photovoice was used to reflect on participants’ real-life food media experiences. Findings reveal that food media consumption is a combination of actively searching and incidentally encountering. The results suggest that food media messages attract emerging adults’ attention by bringing content in an entertaining, engaging, and appealing way, and featuring popular food personalities. Finally, food media messages were perceived to both enhance and distort food literacy. The results show how food media messages for food literacy interventions can be designed in order to attract emerging adults’ attention and fulfill their specific needs.

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“…Social media was mentioned as a valuable source of information about food and health, especially by girls. According to a recent study, the frequency of food products seen in social media advertising is positively related to the willingness to consume these products ( 17 ). Social media are proposed to be used for marketing strategies promoting healthy eating habits amongst children and adolescents ( 17 , 23 ), as well as protecting youth from marketing of unhealthy foods by implementing legislation and policies that prevent this exposure ( 24 , 25 ).…”

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“…According to a recent study, the frequency of food products seen in social media advertising is positively related to the willingness to consume these products ( 17 ). Social media are proposed to be used for marketing strategies promoting healthy eating habits amongst children and adolescents ( 17 , 23 ), as well as protecting youth from marketing of unhealthy foods by implementing legislation and policies that prevent this exposure ( 24 , 25 ). However, further research is needed to investigate how social media advertising influences young people’s food choices and their actual consumption behaviour ( 25 ).…”

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“…Recent research shows that adolescents have a relatively good understanding of healthy eating behaviours and what constitutes a healthy diet, but they struggle to apply it (14,15). Food choice is a complex human behaviour and is influenced by several factors, such as, for example, personal liking, peers, parents, marketing and food availability (16)(17)(18). In particular, taste preferences are shown to be an important factor for long-term consumption (19)(20)(21).…”

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Adolescents’ attitudes, preferences and perceived behaviours regarding healthy eating and whole grains from a gender and health interest perspective

Calvén

Jönsson

Wendin

et al. 2023

Food & Nutrition Research

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Background: A healthy diet is important not only for the growth and development of the human body but also for the prevention of chronic diseases. However, most Swedish adolescents do not follow dietary recommendations, especially the intake of whole grain is very low. To create targeted conditions for healthy food choices amongst adolescents, comprehensive knowledge of factors related to adolescents’ unhealthy and healthy eating is needed. Objective: To investigate adolescents’ attitudes, preferences and perceived behaviours regarding healthy eating, with a specific focus on whole grains and to evaluate differences between genders and between adolescents with higher versus lower health interest. Design: A total of 1,178 Swedish adolescents responded to a questionnaire about their attitudes, preferences and perceived behabviours towards healthy eating and whole grains, and their general interest in nutrition and health. Results of girls and boys were compared, as well as adolescents with a higher versus lower health interest. Results: Displays information about healthy eating among adolescents and a comprehensive set of factors that may affect their ability to eat healthier. Overall, adolescents had a positive attitude towards food and health, but less than half felt that they managed to eat healthy. The consumption of different whole grain products was low, although the willingness to eat healthier and more whole grain was high. The most reported barrier to healthy eating, as well as increasing whole grain intake, was the unavailability of tasty healthy products, taste being even more important for adolescents with a low health interest than those with a high interest. Whole grain consumption and factors increasing the willingness of whole grain consumption were most prominent not only in adolescents with high health interest but also in girls compared with boys. Conclusion: The results show good potential to improve dietary habits amongst adolescents. Taste and availability of healthy products were rated the most important, whilst knowledge about the products’ healthiness was rated the least important, especially amongst those with low health interest. By focusing on the attitudes and preferences of adolescents, the effectiveness may increase of initiatives to improve their dietary habits.

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The role of peers, siblings and social media for children’s healthy eating socialization: a mixed methods study

Cited by 17 publications

References 73 publications

Comparison of the Purchasing Behaviour of Polish and United Kingdom Consumers in the Organic Food Market during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Comparison of the Purchasing Behaviour of Polish and United Kingdom Consumers in the Organic Food Market during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Emerging adults’ food media experiences: Preferences, opportunities, and barriers for food literacy promotion

Adolescents’ attitudes, preferences and perceived behaviours regarding healthy eating and whole grains from a gender and health interest perspective

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